Student Travel Blogs

  • Ananya D's Explores China with Fort Bend ISD

    Ananya D's Explores China with Fort Bend ISD

    Ananya was part of the Fort Bend ISD student delegation that traveled to China this year to experience school in China and get to learn about Chinese culture first hand. Check out her travel blog to learn about her amazing experience.

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  • Rajit's Adventures in Spain

    Rajit's Adventures in Spain

    Junior Rajit G. explored Spain with his family this summer as part of his educational and cultural growth.

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  • Morgan Batiste-Simms' Year in Moldova

    Morgan Batiste-Simms' Year in Moldova

    Morgan choose to immerse herself in the Moldovan culture for her "senior" year of high school. Morgan traveled with National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program. She spent a year learning Russian, reading Russian literature, and spending as much time as she could learning and loving the culture of her host country. Upon her return to Clements High School in Sugar Land, she has held a cultural event for her fellow academy students sharing her experiences abroad. Click on her picture for an amazing article about her time there.

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  • China

    China

    Although I was super excited to spend three weeks volunteering in Beijing, I was also
    nervous and scared for a great many reasons. I'd never flown anywhere by myself before,
    much less internationally for three weeks without anyone I knew. I was concerned that I'd
    miss my flight or lose my travel documents somehow and either miss the opportunity to
    study abroad or get stranded in China. I'm vegetarian and a picky eater to boot, so I was
    worried I wouldn't end up eating as much as I should since there was no one there to force
    me to finish my food.

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  • Ireland 2016

    Ireland 2016

    I'm not entirely sure if it was purely because all of Ireland was in Christmas cheer, but the Irish have to have been the nicest group of people I have ever met while traveling Europe. The Irish always seemed happy to make your acquaintance, whether you were attending their pub, grabbing some ice cream, or if you looked...

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  • Germany 2015-2016

    Germany 2015-2016

    Packing for 10 months is a humongous task…especially if you’re someone like me that feels a questionable, one sided attachment to all of her clothes. I’m stricken as I’m forced to half and third my shirts, distraught that I can’t bring all of my Toms, paralyzed that I’ll have to wear...

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  • Germany 2015

    Germany 2015

    As soon as we got off the airplane, my mother and I were pretty much ready to find our hotel and crash. After waiting a good half-hour for my brother (who is practically our tour guide in Hamburg) to navigate some out of service U-Bahn lines, we all three climbed into a very classy Mercedes taxi cab and meandered our way...

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